Richard, Strike Weight is a term I came up with. It the weight of a hammer resting on it's tail on a digital scale with the flange resting on a roller bearing with the shank horizontal and the flange tipped up. The first mention is in the PTG Journal June 1996 "The New Touch weight Metrology" By David C. Stanwood. It offers a way of assessing hammer weight "On the shank". The setup has bee upgraded from that publication and may be viewed at: http://www.tiac.net/users/stanwood/swsetup.gif Let me know if you can access this drawing ok. Thanks, David C. Stanwood >Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 09:02:28 +0100 >From: Richard Brekne <richardb@c2i.net> >Subject: Re: Grand touch > >Seems to be a bit of confusion over these terms... "strikeweight" >"strikedistance" and "blow distance". Gets a bit difficult to know what we are >talking about when at times. > >Blow distance I think we are all on the same plane on.. Strike distance seems >to be used in two contexts.. And strike weight is a a term I have not come >across yet, and it seems clear I should be aware of it. I wish someone would >clearly and completely define (expound upon) this term. Please ??? <grin> > >Richard Brekne >I.C.P.T.G. N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway >
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